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<blockquote data-quote="JROG" data-source="post: 122291" data-attributes="member: 43"><p><u><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">EPISODE 2.17: ALL FALL DOWN</span></u></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">To my disappointment, Cash doesn’t die following his shooting (it would have opened up a nice fight between Monica and Adrienne for Scott). They did tease a paralysis, however, which would put an end to the show’s habit of ending episodes with catastrophes only to speedily undo them. Well, Cash recovers. I guess now would be the time for Adrienne to officially lose her mind.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">I don’t mean to be unfair to the show – the shooting didn’t lead to any melo-dramatic ailment for Cash, but they did use it to advance several stories and dynamics: Monica and Cash profess their love for each other, Scott admits to Monica he doesn’t hate her, Jason gives Frankie an engagement ring and Zach gives Sable an ultimatum regarding an answer to his marriage proposal. It’s really all rather good. The best, of course, comes from Sable, who, in near hysterics, runs to check on Jason after she hears about the shooting only to see the giant rock on her home-wrecker sister’s finger. It leads to an excellent scene between the divorcing couple as Jason begs Sable not to marry Zach. Sable claims she is, but then asks Zach for more time, and receives her ultimatum.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Hoyt buys 60,000 Colby Enterprises shares. Jeff the hound gets on the case. I rather enjoyed Zach agreeing to meet Jeff and then having Jeff pace while he gets a haircut; such a bitch move. Jeff soon realizes Hoyt Parker is behind the buyout, thanks to his forgotten cigarettes (would one really forget cigarettes all over the world?). </span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Jeff gets to do a lot of manly grabbing/threatening in this episode: Zach, the broker, Fallon; no one escapes his wrath.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Channing finds L.B.’s marbles on the stairs. She doesn’t leave them there for Fallon to trip over, but instead marches over to Fallon and demands that L.B. be spanked! That’s hilarious. I really love this chick. She begs Jeff to help her keep Miles and Fallon apart, insinuating that Fallon may still want Miles. Fallon goes all whiny on our asses again. Jeff can’t take it. Dennis Turner does some great scripting here, using Fallon's past childishness and restlessness to make this current situation richer. When Jeff runs off, you understand why: He can’t sit there and beg Fallon to stay once again; she’s done it too often. </span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Fallon runs after Jeff. Right on cue, the marbles are on the stairs again (by L.B.? Channing?) and down she goes. Finally. In his best acting moment so far, Miles runs to Fallon's side and looks at Channing hatefully when he realizes she’s standing at the top of the stairs. "What have you done?" he asks….</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JROG, post: 122291, member: 43"] [U][FONT=Arial]EPISODE 2.17: ALL FALL DOWN[/FONT][/U] [FONT=Arial]To my disappointment, Cash doesn’t die following his shooting (it would have opened up a nice fight between Monica and Adrienne for Scott). They did tease a paralysis, however, which would put an end to the show’s habit of ending episodes with catastrophes only to speedily undo them. Well, Cash recovers. I guess now would be the time for Adrienne to officially lose her mind.[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]I don’t mean to be unfair to the show – the shooting didn’t lead to any melo-dramatic ailment for Cash, but they did use it to advance several stories and dynamics: Monica and Cash profess their love for each other, Scott admits to Monica he doesn’t hate her, Jason gives Frankie an engagement ring and Zach gives Sable an ultimatum regarding an answer to his marriage proposal. It’s really all rather good. The best, of course, comes from Sable, who, in near hysterics, runs to check on Jason after she hears about the shooting only to see the giant rock on her home-wrecker sister’s finger. It leads to an excellent scene between the divorcing couple as Jason begs Sable not to marry Zach. Sable claims she is, but then asks Zach for more time, and receives her ultimatum. Hoyt buys 60,000 Colby Enterprises shares. Jeff the hound gets on the case. I rather enjoyed Zach agreeing to meet Jeff and then having Jeff pace while he gets a haircut; such a bitch move. Jeff soon realizes Hoyt Parker is behind the buyout, thanks to his forgotten cigarettes (would one really forget cigarettes all over the world?). [/FONT] [FONT=Arial]Jeff gets to do a lot of manly grabbing/threatening in this episode: Zach, the broker, Fallon; no one escapes his wrath.[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]Channing finds L.B.’s marbles on the stairs. She doesn’t leave them there for Fallon to trip over, but instead marches over to Fallon and demands that L.B. be spanked! That’s hilarious. I really love this chick. She begs Jeff to help her keep Miles and Fallon apart, insinuating that Fallon may still want Miles. Fallon goes all whiny on our asses again. Jeff can’t take it. Dennis Turner does some great scripting here, using Fallon's past childishness and restlessness to make this current situation richer. When Jeff runs off, you understand why: He can’t sit there and beg Fallon to stay once again; she’s done it too often. [/FONT] [FONT=Arial]Fallon runs after Jeff. Right on cue, the marbles are on the stairs again (by L.B.? Channing?) and down she goes. Finally. In his best acting moment so far, Miles runs to Fallon's side and looks at Channing hatefully when he realizes she’s standing at the top of the stairs. "What have you done?" he asks….[/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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